Lot 48. 2 Real-Photo Postcards of St. Louis Cardinals Championship Teams – 1926 and 1928. A scarce 1926 composite photo recognizes the Cardinals as N.L. pennant winners. This team also defeated the New York Yankees in seven games in the World Series. Among the stars are manager Rogers Hornsby, Jim Bottomley, Jesse Haines, Grover Alexander, Chick Hafey and Billy Southworth. Process Photo Studios of Chicago produced the real-photo postcard. It shows three pin holes and a speck of surface loss on the “L” in “Louis”; otherwise, vg-ex. The other postcard, from Block Bros. of St. Louis, pictures the 1928 pennant winners, including Rabbit Maranville, Haines, Alexander, Hafey, Bottomley, Frank Frisch and manager Bill McKechnie. Ex postcard that shows moderate contrast.
Winning Bid $218.
Lot 49. CORRECTED DESCRIPTION: 1930 British American Tobacco (B.A.T.) Babe Ruth Card. We originally described this Babe Ruth card as one of 25 cards in Churchman's 1929 “Sports & Games in Many Lands” set. It's actually from the B.A.T. 1930 set with the same title. The B.A.T. set, which also contains 25 cards, uses the same photo on the front as Churchman and the same description on the back. The manufacturer is not identified, a common B.A.T. practice. Price guide values and other factors indicate that the B.A.T. set is less common than its Churchman cousin. The card grades ex+.
Winning Bid $152.
Lot 50. 33 Different 1940 R335 Play Ball Cards Including 3 HoFers and High Numbers. #10 RUFFING (pin hole; otherwise) g-vg, 20 ex, 22 vg+ to ex, 28 vg-ex, 31 (“Senators” added to back; otherwise) vg-ex, 35 vg+ to ex, 36 g, 44 Trout g-vg, 48 vg, 52 vg, 56 vg, 61 g, 62 g, 89 vg-ex, 91 vg, 93 vg-ex, 98 g, 100 ex+, 116 Schacht vg+, 131 vg-ex, 137 vg-ex, 138 vg, 139 g, 153 McKECHNIE vg, 154 vg-ex, 155 g-vg, 159 f, 165 vg-ex, 169 Street vg-ex, 178 CAREY vg-ex, 202 vg, 214 g-vg and 239 g. Cards 22, 100 and 214 have an owner’s stamped name on the back; the stamp has not been considered in the grading.
Winning Bid $148.
Lot 51. 15 1948-49 Leaf Baseball Cards Including HoFers Doerr and Gordon. #14 vg-ex, 22 vg+, 26 vg+, 42b (black cap) vg-ex, 50 vg, 56 Jensen (Jansen) rookie vg+, 72 vg, 73 vg+ to ex, 82 f, 83 DOERR vg, 84 vg, 95 vg, 102b (correct spelling) vg-ex, 117 GORDON vg and 139 vg-ex.
Winning Bid $134.
Lot 56. 83 Different 1953 Topps Baseball – Paige, Others HoFers, Stars and 9 High Numbers. These cards constitute almost one-third of the set: #1 ROBINSON p, 6-8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20-22, 28, 30, 35, 38, 43 McDougald p, 45, 48, 51, 52, 56, 57, 60, 62 Irvin p, 63, 68, 69, 74, 77 Mize f-g, 85, 89-91, 97, 101, 110, 113, 114, 122-124, 135, 137, 139, 151 Wilhelm f, 154, 156, 157, 161, 164, 166, 169, 170, 179, 181-183, 187, 189, 194, 196, 198, 199, 201, 202, 205, 207 FORD p, 209, 214, 215, 217, 219, 220 PAIGE p-f, 223, 224, 226 single print, 236, 241 (writing on front - wof), 248, 256 SP, 257 SP (wof) and 265 Jensen SP (wof) p. Here is the complete breakdown of the grades: Vg-ex: 2 cards. Vg: 17. G: 23. F-G: 1 F: 16. P-F: 1 P: 23.
Winning Bid $209.
Lot 57. 153 Different 1954 Topps Baseball Cards Including HoFers and Other Stars. Almost 60% of the set, including #3 Irvin f-g, 7 Kluszewski f-g, 13 Martin f, 17 Rizzuto g-vg, 20 Spahn g, 36 Wilhelm p-f, 50 Berra f-g, 85 Turley rookie vg, 86 Herman p-f, 98 Black p-f, 102 Hodges p, 121 Labine f-g, 166 Podres g and 250 Williams p. Thirty-four cards are numbered from 1-50; 10 from 51-75; 19 from 76-100; 31 from 101-150; 30 from 151-200 and 29 from 201-250. The other cards average f to g.
Winning Bid $182.
Lot 59. 1955 Topps #194 Willie Mays. This beautiful card is centered 45:55 left-to-right and dead-on top-to-bottom. Ex-m.
Winning Bid $396.
Lot 60. 97 Different 1955 Topps Cards Including Stars, Killebrew Rookie. Among the stars are #4 Kaline p, 22 Skowron g, 24 Newhouser p-f, 28 Banks f-g, 38 Turley f, 75 Amoros rookie p, 84 Pascual rookie p, 85 Mossi rookie vg, 100 Irvin f, 120 Kluszewski vg, 124 Killebrew rookie g and 210 Snider p. The other cards average f-g to g. Fourteen high numbers are included.
Winning Bid $102.
